THE TRADITIONAL Ugandan kingdom of Tooro was plunged into a bitter succession battle on Thursday after the family of the late king, Oyo Nyimba, rejected clan members’ choice of a television news anchor to succeed him. While Uganda is a constitutional republic, it has several ancient kingdoms whose leaders are revered as symbols of tradition and wield vast social influence. King Oyo, who became the world’s youngest reigning monarch when he took the throne in 1995 as a 3-year-old boy, died on August 27 at the age of 34 in the United States, where he had been receiving treatment for…
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INDIA will host the BRICS Leaders’ Summit this weekend, seeking to lift the bloc’s global profile even as the U.S.-led war on Iran splits its membership, with Tehran and Abu Dhabi on opposing sides of the conflict. The September 12-13 summit in New Delhi comes more than six months after the U.S. and Israel launched attacks on Iran, a BRICS member since 2024. The conflict has led to a virtual shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s key choke points in the oil trade, pushing crude prices to over $100 a barrel. BRICS member, UAE, after being…
THE INTER-PARTY Advisory Council (IPAC) has commended police for arresting 46 suspects over an attack on the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi’s convoy. IPAC also urged thorough investigation to establish the immediate and remote causes of the incident, identify perpetrators and sponsors, and ensure all faced justice. The council made the call in a statement on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Martins Egbeola, condemning the attack on Obi along the Makurdi-Gboko highway. IPAC described the incident as political intolerance against Obi, who was travelling to Yelwata, Guma local government area, to sympathise with the families affected…
THE ALL Progressives Congress (APC) and President Bola Tinubu have prayed the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss, in its entirety, a suit filed by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC). Atiku and ADC had, in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1888/2026, sued President Tinubu, APC and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over allegation that the president presented a forged National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) discharge certificate to INEC. Atiku, a former vice president, and his party, therefore, sought a court order disqualifying Tinubu and APC (1st and 2nd defendants) from the 2027 presidential election. In…
By Victor Itodo Abuh THE RESOURCE Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED) has called for stronger collaboration between the media and civil society organisations (CSOs) to safeguard electoral integrity and protect Nigeria’s shrinking civic space. The Executive Director of CHRICED, Comrade Ibrahim M. Zikirullahi, made the call on Wednesday at the opening of a two-day Media and CSO Workshop on the theme: “Strengthening Media and CSOs for Electoral Integrity and Civic Space Protection in Nigeria” in Kano State. The workshop, held at CHRICED Legacy House, 211 Farawa, Maiduguri Road, Kano, is aimed at strengthening the capacity of journalists…
UNITED States President Donald Trump has promised every adult U.S. citizen a 5,000 dollars payment if Republicans retain control of both chambers of Congress in November’s elections. “So, if the Republicans win, you win with us, and you get 5,000 dollars,” Trump said at a Republican Party convention in Dallas on Wednesday. He said the payment would be called the “Trump dividend.” Trump said the payment would be made if Republicans maintained their majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives. With more than 245 million adults in the United States, the proposal would cost more than one trillion dollars…
A FUNDAMENTAL rights enforcement suit filed by Adeniyi Adeyemi, the Director-General of the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), on Thursday, suffered a setback. Adeyemi sued the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, Nigeria Police Force and Assistant-Inspector General of Police as 1st to 4th respondents respectively. The alleged fake DG, through his lawyer, Ademola Oyedokun, sought six reliefs before Justice Obiora Egwuatu. Adeyemi, who is currently in police custody, had prayed the court to admit him to bail, release him from detention and allow him to seek medical attention from health practitioners of his own…
THERE are departures the heart receives quietly, after the long preparation that illness and age sometimes impose. And there are departures that arrive before the mind has learnt how to say goodbye. The departure of Oladotun Samson Oladipo (DOT) to those who knew him closely, belongs to the latter. As colleagues, family and friends prepare to gather in his honour, we are confronted by the strange finality of remembering a man who, until so recently, was part of the living conversation. A journalist, publisher, husband, father, brother and friend has suddenly become a memory. Yet memory is not a small…
THE ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Sokoto State University (SSU) chapter, has given the Sokoto State Government a two-week ultimatum to implement the signed agreements reached. This is contained in a statement signed by the branch Chairman and Secretary, Dr. Bello Musa and Zulkallaini Shehu respectively, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Sokoto. The union said the action followed a meeting held with the Commissioner for Higher Education, Prof. Hamza Maishanu, along with other management officials and ASUU representatives, after the expiration of a two-month period earlier agreed. “After extensive deliberations, an…
Restricting Obi Could Backfire On APC THE ND’IGBO for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu 2027 Forum (NDI-ABAT) has urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors Forum to review its political strategies ahead of the 2027 presidential election, warning that restrictive and confrontational tactics against opposition figures could prove counterproductive. In a statement issued on Thursday, signed by its National Coordinator, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the group specifically criticised what it described as reported political restrictions involving Benue State governor, Hyacinth Alia, and the Nigeria Democratic Congress’ presidential flagbearer, Mr. Peter Obi. NDI-ABAT said such actions could generate public sympathy for opposition politicians…